Impressions by Clark A. Balancing heavy-handed death scenes with comedy in anime seems as if it’s a herculean task at times. Dark juxtaposition can work brilliantly when executed appropriately, but I typically don’t care for trivialising serious affairs by having characters undersell heart wrenching situations with cheery or unmoved demeanours.…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. The launch of the New Nintendo 3DS is later this week – in Japan anyway – and it would seem Nintendo is revving up the handheld with a firmware update in preparation. The ninth major iteration of the operating system marks Nintendo’s foray into paid, customisable…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I like a good, classic, dungeon crawler, and thanks to the wonders of Steam, my laptop has a bunch of ’em sitting on it. From the original Wizardry games through to innovative indies doing spectacular things with the genre with titles such as Legend of Grimrock,…
Read MoreImpressions by Harvard L. It’s past the time in the First Person Shooter (FPS) genre’s lifetime that critics are starting to question whether each new title is necessary. We’ve pushed technical innovations so far that there’s not much more room upwards to go – FPS gameplay is slicker than ever.…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Every time that I take a trip to Japan, my purchases end up following a theme, based on whatever I’m most interested in (as souveneirs) at the time. The first time I visited it was video games and I ended bringing back a pile of Nintendo…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. So, let’s talk about Dark Souls (yes, this is a review for different game, but bear with me). In Dark Souls you play as a character that is hopelessly out of his/ her depth in a hellish world of demons and the undead. Slowly but surely,…
Read MoreImpressions by Sam M. When I was lining up to play Evolve at the EB Games Expo, I got pulled out of the queue as I wasn’t in a group. I had a few minutes to meet my teammates, and then we were sent in to face the Kraken. For…
Read MoreContest by Matt S. Courtesy of NISA, we have a massive contest to give three lucky readers a double pack of games! Each pack of games includes a copy of Natural Doctrine, and Akiba’s Trip. What’s more, you’ll be able to pick your platform! You’ll be able to pick PlayStation…
Read MoreReview by Jedediah H. As a species, we crave human warmth and face-to-face interaction. Be it with a good friend, a romantic partner, or the fire-fighter who’s always clad in sweet aroma (and nothing else), we need some consistency of human contact, whether it’s a sharing of beverages that leads…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. I have had an opportunity to try a good number of headsets recently, but the SteelSeries Siberia Elite Prism Gaming Headset is probably the most comfortable I have worn so far. This is a next-generation update on the popular SteelSeries Elite headset, with some subtle changes…
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